• Space Calendar - October 22, 2017 (6/6)

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    Sep 06 - Comet 78P/Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (1.625 AU)
    Sep 06 - Asteroid 117329 Spencer Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
    Sep 06 - Louis Essen's 110th Birtdhay (1908)
    Sep 07 - Neptune At Opposition
    Sep 07 - Asteroid 633 Zelima Occults HIP 109139 (4.3 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 07 - Amor Asteroid 2007 RZ8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    Sep 07 - Asteroid 274020 Skywalker Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)
    Sep 07 - Apollo Asteroid 5731 Zeus Closest Approach To Earth (2.436 AU)
    Sep 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 145452 (2005 RN43) At Opposition (39.617 AU)
    Sep 07 - Joseph Hubbard's 195th Birthday (1823)
    Sep 08 - Comet C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.891 AU)
    Sep 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RF43 At Opposition (52.738 AU)
    Sep 09 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.813 AU)
    Sep 09 - Comet 266P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.869 AU)
    Sep 09 - Comet 214P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.241 AU)
    Sep 09 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (4.771 AU)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 26555577 (12.4 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 8275 Inca Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 44016 Jimmypage Closest Approach To Earth (1.772 AU)
    Sep 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2102 Tantalus Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
    * Sep 09 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)
    Sep 10 - Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Perihelion (1.013 AU)
    Sep 10 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) At Opposition (2.813 AU)
    Sep 10 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (4.771)
    Sep 10 - Comet C/72015 T2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.986 AU)
    Sep 11 - Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Closest Approach To Earth (0.391 AU)
    Sep 11 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.947 AU)
    Sep 11 - Comet P/2007 T4 (Gibbs) At Opposition (2.444 AU)
    Sep 11 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6832-00088-1 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 11 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 26556032 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 KZ5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
    Sep 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2010 CO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
    Sep 11 - 120th Anniversary (1898), Max Wolf's Discovery of Asteroid 434 Hungaria
    Sep 12 - Comet 336P/McNaught At Opposition (3.516 AU)
    Sep 12 - Asteroid 231307 Peterfalk Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
    Sep 12 - Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU)
    Sep 12 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-51 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, ACTS)
    Sep 13 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley Perihelion (1.121 AU)
    * Sep 13 - Comet P/2017 K3 (Gasparovic) At Opposition (3.220 AU)
    Sep 13 - Comet P/2017 P1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.449 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults TYC 6296-00308-1 (11.5 Magnitude Star) * Sep 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 SK21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 1432 Ethiopia Closest Approach To Earth (0.860 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 9620 Ericidle Closest Approach To Earth (1.207 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.360 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 886 Washingtonia Closest Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 15131 Alanalda Closest Approach To Earth (1.478 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 2046 Leningrad Closest Approach To Earth (1.590 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet 37P/Forbes At Opposition (1.047 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet 223P/Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.612 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.068 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet P/2010 B2 (WISE) At Opposition (3.478 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) At Oppositoin (4.023 AU)
    Sep 14 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (0.873 AU)
    * Sep 14 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)
    Sep 15 - Comet 252P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.082 AU)
    Sep 15 - Comet P/2017 P1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.450 AU)
    Sep 15 - Amor Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote Closest Approach To Earth (1.391 AU) * Sep 15 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Zond 5 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
    Sep 15 - Jim Christy's 80th Birthday (1938)
    Sep 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
    Sep 16 - Apollo Asteroid 144332 (2004 DV24) Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
    Sep 16 - Asteroid 4279 De Gasparis Closest Approach To Earth (1.190 AU)
    Sep 16 - Asteroid 582 Olympia Closest Approach To Earth (1.756 AU)
    * Sep 16 - 170th Anniversary (1848), Discovery of Saturn Moon Hyperion
    Sep 17 - Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee Perihelion (2.359 AU)
    Sep 17 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults UCAC4-324-121850 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 17 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults UCAC4-374-159910 (13.8 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 17 - Asteroid 10806 Mexico Closest Approach To Earth (2.536 AU)
    Sep 17 - 40th Anniversary (1978), 1st Episode of Battlestar Galactica Airs
    Sep 17 - Marc Buie's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Sep 18 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen At Opposition (0.595 AU)
    Sep 18 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.042 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21606311 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 1704 Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 416 Vaticana Closest Approach To Earth (1.756 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 73769 Delphi Closest Approach To Earth (1.941 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.120 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 247553 Berndpauli Closest Approach To Earth (2.359 AU)
    Sep 18 - Valentina Ponomaryova's 85th Birthday (1933)
    Sep 18 - Victor Ambartsumian's 110th Birthday (1908)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 628 Christine Occults HIP 42911 (3.9 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 2577 Litva Closest Approach To Earth (0.994 AU)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 5405 Neverland Closest Approach To Earth (1.678 AU)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 8564 Anomalocaris Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 3156 Ellington Closest Approach To Earth (2.189 AU)
    Sep 19 - Korado Korlevic's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Sep 19 - Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters' 205th Birthday (1813)
    Sep 20 - Comet 131P/Mueller At Opposition (1.550 AU)
    Sep 20 - Comet 163P/NEAT At Opposition (2.128 AU)
    Sep 20 - Comet C/2017 K4 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.764 AU)
    Sep 20 - Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak At Opposition (3.291 AU)
    Sep 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 TT5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
    Sep 20 - Asteroid 6268 Versailles Closest Approach To Earth (1.161 AU)
    Sep 20 - Asteroid 13513 Manilla Closest Approach To Earth (1.434 AU)
    Sep 20 - Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.887 AU)
    Sep 20 - Asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)
    Sep 20 - 170th Anniversary (1848), Founding of the American Association for the Advancment of Science (AAAS)
    Sep 21 - Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro Perihelion (2.665 AU)
    Sep 21 - Comet P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.570 AU)
    Sep 21 - Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
    * Sep 21 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Galileo, Jupiter Impact
    Sep 22 - Comet 203P/Korlevic At Opposition (3.131 AU)
    Sep 22 - Comet 116P/Wild At Opposition (3.678 AU)
    Sep 22 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults UCAC4-372-162925 (12.3 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 22 - Asteroid 6542 Jacquescousteau Closest Approach To Earth (1.487 AU)
    Sep 22 - Asteroid 3062 Wren Closest Approach To Earth (1.722 AU)
    Sep 22 - 125th Anniversary (1893), Zabrodje Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Russia)
    Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox, 01:54 UT
    Sep 23 - Comet 95P/Chiron At Opposition (17.715 AU)
    Sep 23 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 26110212 (12.4 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 23 - Apollo Asteroid 719 Albert Closest Approach To Earth (0.517 AU)
    Sep 23 - Asteroid 3106 Morabito Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
    Sep 23 - 15th Anniversary (2003), New Orleans Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Lousiana)
    Sep 24 - Comet 155P/Shoemaker At Opposition (3.242 AU)
    Sep 24 - Comet C/2015 T2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (7.011 AU)
    Sep 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 EP7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
    Sep 24 - Asteroid 5062 Glennmiller Closest Approach To Earth (0.934 AU)
    Sep 24 - Apollo Asteroid 1981 Midas Closest Approach To Earth (1.240 AU)
    Sep 24 - Asteroid 1322 Coppernicus Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
    Sep 24 - Asteroid 93 Minerva Closest Approach To Earth (1.685 AU)
    Sep 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RE64 At Opposition (50.896 AU)
    Sep 24 - Charlotte Moore Sitterly's 120th Birthday (1898)
    Sep 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 TV18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
    Sep 25 - Asteroid 82332 Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.568 AU)
    Sep 25 - Asteroid 132904 Notkin Closest Approach To Earth (2.440 AU)
    Sep 25 - Holger Thiele's 140th Birthday (1878)
    Sep 26 - Comet 131P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.544 AU)
    Sep 26 - Comet 77P/Longmore At Opposition (3.564 AU)
    Sep 26 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults HIP 17681 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 26 - Apollo Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.611 AU)
    Sep 26 - Amor Asteroid 2013 US8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
    Sep 26 - Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.503 AU)
    Sep 26 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.670 AU)
    Sep 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 120347 Salacia At Opposition (43.898 AU)
    * Sep 26 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 17 Flyby
    Sep 27 - Comet 257P/Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (2.699 AU)
    Sep 27 - Comet C/2017 P2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.018 AU)
    Sep 27 - Asteroid 1006 Lagrangea Closest Approach To Earth (1.078 AU)
    Sep 27 - Asteroid 2925 Beatty Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
    Sep 27 - Asteroid 336698 Melbourne Closest Approach To Earth (2.181 AU)
    * Sep 27 - 10th Anniversary (2008), First Chinese Spacewalk
    * Sep 27 - 15th Anniversary (2003), SMART-1 Launch (ESA Moon Orbiter)
    Sep 27 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Kendrapara Meteorite Fall (Hit Houses in India)
    Sep 27 - Martin Ryle's 100th Birthday (1918)
    Sep 28 - Comet P/2013 CU129 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (0.632 AU)
    Sep 28 - Comet 66P/du Toit At Opposition (1.106 AU)
    Sep 28 - Comet 73P-T/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
    Sep 28 - Comet 197P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.863 AU)
    Sep 28 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults 2UCAC 33692420 (12.4 Magntiude Star)
    Sep 28 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21388198 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 28 - Asteroid 78905 Seanokeefe Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU)
    Sep 28 - 160th Anniversary (1858), 1st Photograph of a Comet (Donati's Comet by William Usherwood)
    Sep 29 - Aten Asteroid 2015 SO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    Sep 29 - Asteroid 85047 Krakatau Closest Approach To Earth (0.798 AU)
    Sep 29 - Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (1.654 AU)
    Sep 29 - Asteroid 8249 Gershwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.817 AU)
    Sep 29 - 30th Anniversary (1988), STS-26 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, TDRS)
    Sep 29 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Benld Meteorite Fall (Hit Car in Illinois)
    Sep 30 - Soyuz MS-10 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 56S)
    Sep 30 - Comet 203P/Korlevic Closest Approach To Earth (3.122 AU)
    Sep 30 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 25885060 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 30 - Asteroid 10387 Bepicolombo Closest Approach To Earth (1.349 AU)
    Sep 30 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.797 AU)
    * Sep 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 308933 (2006 SQ372) At Opposition (27.468 AU)
    Sep 30 - Plutino 469372 (2001 QF298) At Opposition (42.486 AU)

    October 2018
    * Oct ?? - Cygnus CRS-10 (OA-10) Antares 230 Launch (International Space Station)
    * Oct ?? - Nauka/ERA Proton-M P4 Launch (International Space Station 03R)
    * Oct ?? - METOP-C Soyuz-ST-B Fregat-MT Launch
    * Oct ?? - 40th Anniversary (1978), Walnut Hill Meteorite Fall (Hit Chicken Coup in Maine)
    * Oct ?? - Edward Troughton's 265th Birthday (1753)
    * Oct 01 - Asteroid 293934 MPIA Closest Approach To Earth (1.232 AU)
    * Oct 01 - Asteroid 12757 Yangtze Closest Approach To Earth (1.725 AU)
    * Oct 01 - Asteroid 4523 MIT Closest Approach To Earth (2.030 AU)
    * Oct 01 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Formation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
    * Oct 01 - NASA's 60th Birthday (1958)
    * Oct 01 - 150th Anniversary (1868), Lodran Meteorite Fall in Pakistan
    * Oct 02 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion (1.082 AU)
    * Oct 02 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults UCAC4-322-160263 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 02 - Atira Asteroid 2012 VE46 Closest Approach To Earth (0.277 AU)
    * Oct 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2015 RR245 At Opposition (61.998 AU)
    * Oct 03 - Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels At Opposition (0.484 AU)
    * Oct 03 - Amor Asteroid 2009 TK Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
    * Oct 03 - Asteroid 6677 Renoir Closest Approach To Earth (1.970 AU)
    * Oct 03 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (2.032 AU)
    * Oct 03 - Alexander Macmillan's 200th Birthday (1818)
    * Oct 04 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) Perihelion (2.191 AU)
    * Oct 04 - Comet P/2007 T4 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.375 AU)
    * Oct 04 - Asteroid 10867 Lima Closest Approach To Earth (1.639 AU)
    * Oct 04 - Asteroid 50240 Cortina Closest Approach To Earth (1.872 AU)
    * Oct 05 - BepiColumbo Ariane 5 Launch (Mercury Orbiter)
    * Oct 05 - Asteroid 7394 Xanthomalitia Occults HIP 31277 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 05 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (0.838 AU)
    * Oct 05 - Binary Apollo Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (0.529 AU)
    * Oct 05 - Neil deGrasse Tyson's 60th Birthday (1958)
    * Oct 05 - 95th Anniversary (1923), Edwin Hubble's Discovery of Cepheid Variable Star V1
    * Oct 06 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (2.032 AU)
    * Oct 06 - Comet 163P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU
    * Oct 06 - Asteroid 91007 Ianfleming Closest Approach To Earth (0.926 AU)
    * Oct 06 - Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.125 AU)
    * Oct 06 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.456 AU)
    * Oct 06 - 10th Anniversary (2008), MESSENGER, 2nd Mercury Flyby
    * Oct 06 - Liu Yang's 40th Birthday (1978)
    * Oct 06 - Meghnad Saha's 125th Birthday (1893)
    * Oct 07 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.179 AU)
    * Oct 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2006 HE2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    * Oct 07 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.254 AU)
    * Oct 07 - Asteroid 12373 Lancearmstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
    * Oct 07 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Asteroid 2008 TC3 Impacts Earth (Almahata Sitta Meteorite)
    * Oct 08 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21399267 (12.1 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 08 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21399542 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 08 - Asteroid 11356 Chuckjones Closest Approach To Earth (1.744 AU)
    * Oct 08 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.761 AU)
    * Oct 08 - Asteroid 1125 China Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
    * Oct 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 ST291 At Opposition (60.017 AU)
    * Oct 08 - Ejnar Hertzsprung's 145th Birthday (1873)
    * Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
    * Oct 09 - Comet 298P/Christensen At Opposition (3.299 AU)
    * Oct 09 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6861-01335-1 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 09 - Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (0.873 AU)
    * Oct 09 - Asteroid 5382 McKay Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
    * Oct 09 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (2.109 AU)
    * Oct 09 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Juno, Earth Flyby
    * Oct 10 - 35th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15, Venus Orbit Insertion
    * Oct 10 - John Grunsfeld's 60th Birthday (1958)
    * Oct 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 HG182 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
    * Oct 11 - Asteroid 165347 Philplait Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)
    * Oct 11 - Asteroid 1154 Astronomia Closest Approach To Earth (2.398 AU)
    * Oct 11 - 25th Anniversary (1983), IRAS' Discovery of Asteroid 3200 Phaethon
    * Oct 11 - 35th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16, Venus Orbit Insertion
    * Oct 11 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch (1st Manned Apollo Mission)
    * Oct 11 - Heinrich Olbers' 260th Birthday (1758)
    * Oct 12 - Asteroid 9007 James Bond Closest Approach To Earth (1.102 AU)
    * Oct 13 - Comet P/2005 J1 Perihelion (1.533 AU)
    * Oct 13 - Comet 251P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.736 AU)
    * Oct 13 - Comet P/2013 EW90 (Tenagra) At Opposition (3.504 AU)
    * Oct 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 303775 (2005 QU182) At Opposition (51.857 AU)
    * Oct 13 - 180th Anniversary (1838), Cold Bokkeveld Meteorite Fall in South Africa
    * Oct 14 - Mercury Passes 6.8 Degrees From Venus
    * Oct 14 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (1.240 AU) * Oct 14 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 CU Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
    * Oct 14 - Aten Asteroid 2016 TH10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
    * Oct 14 - Apollo Asteroid 4450 Pan Closest Approach To Earth (0.862 AU)
    * Oct 14 - Asteroid 3834 Zappafrank Closest Approach To Earth (2.005 AU)
    * Oct 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 19308 (1996 TO66) At Opposition (46.447 AU)
    * Oct 14 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese Manned Space Mission)
    * Oct 14 - Edward Sabine's 230th Birthday (1788)
    * Oct 15 - Comet P/2010 A1 (Hill) Perihelion (1.957 AU)
    * Oct 15 - Asteroid 5961 Watt Closest Approach To Earth (1.679 AU)
    * Oct 15 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.902 AU)
    * Oct 15 - Centaur Object 2015 JH1 At Opposition (6.532 AU)
    * Oct 15 - Johan Tralles' 255th Birthday (1763)
    * Oct 15 - Evangelista Torricelli's 410th Birthday (1608)
    * Oct 16 - Progress MS-10 Soyuz-2.1a Launch (International Space Station 71P)
    * Oct 16 - Mars Winter Solstice
    * Oct 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 UO41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    * Oct 16 - Asteroid 7784 Watterson Closest Approach To Earth (0.933 AU)
    * Oct 16 - Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.735 AU)
    * Oct 16 - Cyril Ponnamperuma's 95th Birthday (1923)
    * Oct 17 - Comet 243P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.496 AU)
    * Oct 17 - Comet C/2017 K4 (ATLAS) At Opposition (2.857 AU)
    * Oct 17 - Aten Asteroid 2014 US7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)
    * Oct 17 - Asteroid 17033 Rusty Closest Approach To Earth (1.306 AU)
    * Oct 17 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)
    * Oct 17 - Asteroid 336694 Fey Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)
    * Oct 17 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (2.415 AU)
    * Oct 17 - Bill Anders' 85th Birthday (1933)
    * Oct 18 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) At Opposition (1.241 AU)
    * Oct 18 - Comet 100P/Hartley At Opposition (3.719 AU)
    * Oct 18 - Comet C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (6.216 AU)
    * Oct 18 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 GC221 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
    * Oct 18 - Aten Asteroid 2013 UG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
    * Oct 18 - Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.968 AU)
    * Oct 18 - Asteroid 2244 Tesla Closest Approach To Earth (1.345 AU)
    * Oct 18 - Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.905 AU)
    * Oct 18 - Apollo Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (1.881 AU)
    * Oct 18 - Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris At Opposition (95.121 AU)
    * Oct 18 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-58 Launch (Space Shuttle Colubmia, Spacelab)
    * Oct 19 - Comet P/2015 M2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.730 AU)
    * Oct 19 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 UC19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
    * Oct 19 - Asteroid 6592 Goya Closest Approach To Earth (1.379 AU)
    * Oct 19 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (1.540 AU)
    * Oct 19 - Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
    * Oct 19 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (2.124 AU)
    * Oct 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 202421 (2005 UQ513) At Opposition (47.147 AU)
    * Oct 19 - 10th Anniversary (2008), IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) Launch
    * Oct 20 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) Perihelion (3.815 AU)
    * Oct 20 - Asteroid 9012 Benner Closest Approach To Earth (0.998 AU)
    * Oct 20 - Asteroid 3066 McFadden Closest Approach To Earth (1.245 AU)
    * Oct 20 - Aten Asteroid 3362 Khufu Closest Approach To Earth (1.336 AU)
    * Oct 20 - Asteroid 18024 Dobson Closest Approach To Earth (2.400 AU)
    * Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
    * Oct 21 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 3719-01493-1 (10.1 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 UG Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
    * Oct 21 - Asteroid 5430 Luu Closest Approach To Earth (1.909 AU)
    * Oct 21 - Alfred Nobel's 185th Birthday (1833)
    * Oct 22 - Comet 243P/NEAT At Opposition (1.498 AU)
    * Oct 22 - Comet C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski) At Opposition (6.218 AU)
    * Oct 22 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 0073-00152-1 (12.3 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 22 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (0.759 AU)
    * Oct 22 - Asteroid 10044 Squyres Closest Approach To Earth (0.984 AU)
    * Oct 22 - Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.193 AU)
    * Oct 22 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (1.747 AU)
    * Oct 22 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (2.062 AU)
    * Oct 22 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Chandrayaan 1 Launch (India Moon Orbiter)
    * Oct 22 - Ernst Opik's 125th Birthday (1893)
    * Oct 23 - Uranus At Opposition
    * Oct 23 - Comet 267P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (0.811 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Comet P/2015 M2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.733 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Amor Asteroid 2016 TS55 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Aten Asteroid 2014 UR Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Asteroid 9305 Hazard Closest Approach To Earth (1.034 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Asteroid 3125 Hay Closest Approach To Earth (1.687 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 308379 (2005 RS43) At Opposition (42.741 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Ilya Frank's 110th Birthday (1908)
    * Oct 24 - Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (1.144 AU)
    * Oct 24 - Comet 197P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.954 AU)
    * Oct 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2004 FW1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
    * Oct 24 - Apollo Asteroid 217628 Lugh Closest Approach To Earth (0.682 AU)
    * Oct 24 - Asteroid 3651 Friedman Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
    * Oct 24 - Asteroid 767 Bondia Closest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU)
    * Oct 24 - Asteroid 22739 Sikhote-Alin Closest Approach To Earth (2.070 AU)
    * Oct 24 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Deep Space 1 Launch
    * Oct 25 - Asteroid 1756 Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (0.972 AU)
    * Oct 25 - Amor Asteroid 153591 (2001 SN263) (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (1.091 AU)
    * Oct 25 - Asteroid 7462 Grenoble Closest Approach To Earth (1.154 AU)
    * Oct 25 - Asteroid 18132 Spector Closest Approach To Earth (1.643 AU)
    * Oct 25 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU)
    * Oct 25 - Neptune Trojan 2011 SO277 At Opposition (29.512 AU)
    * Oct 25 - Richard Byrd's 130th Birthday (1888)
    * Oct 26 - Comet P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) At Opposition (4.977 AU)
    * Oct 26 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21415058 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 26 - Asteroid 3831 Pettengill Closest Approach To Earth (1.184 AU)
    * Oct 26 - James Cook's 290th Birthday (1728)
    * Oct 27 - Asteroid 9969 Braille Closest Approach To Earth (2.226 AU)
    * Oct 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 55636 (2002 TX300) At Opposition (41.690 AU)
    * Oct 27 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Canon City Meteorite Fall (Hit Garage)
    * Oct 28 - European Summer Time Ends - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (European Union)
    * Oct 28 - Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (0.445 AU)
    * Oct 28 - Comet 73P-T/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.725 AU)
    * Oct 28 - Comet C/2017 F1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (4.368 AU)
    * Oct 28 - Comet P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (4.976 AU)
    * Oct 28 - Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (1.296 AU)
    * Oct 28 - Centaur Object 20461 Dioretsa At Opposition (29.433 AU)
    * Oct 28 - 165th Anniversary (1853), Bright Daytime Fireball near Beeston, United Kingdom
    * Oct 29 - Comet 71P/Clark Closest Approach To Earth (2.759 AU)
    * Oct 29 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 4725-00589-1 (10.4 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 29 - Aten Asteroid 475534 (2006 TS7) Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
    * Oct 29 - Aten Asteroid 302169 (2001 TD45) Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    * Oct 29 - Aten Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.542 AU)
    * Oct 29 - Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
    * Oct 29 - Asteroid 8209 Toscanelli Closest Approach To Earth (1.907 AU)
    * Oct 29 - Asteroid 284996 Rosaparks Closest Approach To Earth (2.520 AU)
    * Oct 29 - Neptune Trojan 2001 QR322 At Opposition (29.133 AU)
    * Oct 29 - 20th Anniversary (1998), STS-95 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery (SPACEHAB, John Glenn)
    * Oct 29 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Orson Welles' Broadcast of the "War of the Worlds"
    * Oct 30 - Mercury Passes 3.3 Degrees From Jupiter
    * Oct 30 - Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
    * Oct 30 - Asteroid 5811 Keck Closest Approach To Earth (1.308 AU)
    * Oct 30 - Asteroid 1258 Sicilia Closest Approach To Earth (2.076 AU)
    * Oct 30 - Robert Seamans' 100th Birthday (1918)
    * Oct 31 - Amor Asteroid 2016 WZ7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
    * Oct 31 - Asteroid 20103 de Vico Closest Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)
    * Oct 31 - Asteroid 3534 Sax Closest Approach To Earth (1.398 AU)
    * Oct 31 - Asteroid 5805 Glasgow Closest Approach To Earth (1.829 AU)
    * Oct 31 - Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.190 AU)
    * Oct 31 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (2.437 AU)
    * Oct 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) At Opposition (40.356 AU)
    * Oct 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 42301 (2001 UR163) At Opposition (52.008 AU)

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